ISEE Database for Nonlinear Force-Free Field of Solar Active Regions

Typical image of NLFFF extrapolation

Data description

The database contains the three-dimensional (3D) magnetic fields of solar active regions analyzed by Kusano et al. (2020). The 3D magnetic field are extrapolated by the magnetohydrodynamic relaxation method (Inoue et al., 2014) from the vector magnetic field data observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO/HMI). In this database, Space weather HMI Active Region Patch data remapped to a Lambert Cylindrical Equal-Area projection (SHARP CEA) are used. For the detailed list and parameters of the sampled data, please refer to Kusano et al. (2020).

Terms of Use

When you publish your work using this database, we strongly encourage to acknowledge the publisher as follows as well as to cite the related papers.

Example of acknowledgments

ISEE Database for Nonlinear Force-Free Field of Solar Active Regions (doi: 10.34515/DATA_HSC-00000) was developed by the Hinode Science Center, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University.

Data DOI

  • K. Kusano, H. Iijima, T. Kaneko, S. Masuda, T. IJu, and S. Inoue, "ISEE Database for Nonlinear Force-Free Field of Solar Active Regions," Hinode Science Center, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, 2021.
    doi: 10.34515/DATA.HSC-00000

Related articles

  1. K. Kusano, T. Iju, Y. Bamba, and S. Inoue, "A Physics-Based Method That Can Predict Imminent Large Solar Flares," Science, vol. 369, no. 6503, pp. 587-591, 2020.
    doi: 10.1126/science.aaz2511
  2. S. Inoue, T. Magara, V. S. Pandey, D. Shiota, K. Kusano, G. S. Choe, and K. S. Kim, "Nonlinear Force-Free Extrapolation of the Coronal Magnetic Field Based on the MHD-Relaxation Method," The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 780, no. 1, p. 101, 2013.
    doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/780/1/101

Data format

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The NLFFF data is stored as netCDF files.
Each file contains three-dimensional vector magnetic field (NLFFF and potential) in Cartesian coordinates.

We here provide some examples to read a data file.

Interactive Data Language (IDL)

A sample IDL script returns an IDL structure as output.
Usage:


    IDL> data = load_nlfff('sample_filename.nc') ;; read data silently
    IDL> data = load_nlfff('sample_filename.nc',verbose=1) ;; print meta data
    IDL> data = load_nlfff('sample_filename.nc',verbose=2) ;; print meta data and plot figures
    IDL> help,data ;; show tags stored in the structure
    

Python

A sample Python script defines a Python class to read the dataset.
Please note that the netcdf4-python is required.
Usage:


    >>> import load_nlfff
    >>> data = load_nlfff.nlfff('sample_filename.nc') # read data
    >>> data.info() # print meta-data
    >>> data.plot() # plot Bx, By, Bz
    >>> print(vars(data).keys()) # list class variables
    

Fortran

The fortran program and Makefile are available to read the dataset.
Please note that the netCDF library should be linked.
Please edit the Makefile for your compiler and libraries.
Usage:


   $ make
   $ ./read_nlfff
   Enter netCDF file name:
   "sample_filename.nc"
    

ParaView

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List of available NLFFF data

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Note: The NLFFFs with the NRT suffix were extrapolated based on the SDO/SHARP near-real-time data.

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